Vagenda Magazine came up with this awesome idea: they would have their twitter followers rewrite headlines without the sexism. What I think is pretty cool about this practice is that it forces readers to exam the subtle ways double standards and misogyny are used when the subject is a female. Nearly all of these headlines focus on describing the woman’s body as if it is somehow relevant to the fact that she is at a basketball game, shopping or coming from the gym. Have you ever read a headline about a male celebrity like George Clooney or Brad Pitt (unless it was questioning their masculinity or sexuality) that backhandedly pointed out the shape of their body or what they were wearing?
You’ll never read anything like “A Makeup Free George Clooney Wears Sweatpants To Starbucks.” It’s not as though male celebrities don’t wear makeup, everyone wears makeup on screen and on the red carpet, if they didn’t they would look like monsters under those harsh lights. You’ll never read about how a child might change a male celebrity’s life post-pregnancy. You’ll never read negative press about a man being single. Rewriting these headlines really exposes the media’s way of twisting everyday life for women into some sort of horrific state of being.
10 Tabloid Headlines Rewritten Without The Sexism
